Cornerstone: Sept. 16, 2022

Friday Focus: Students!

It is awesome to have our Troth Yeddha' campus vibrant with students once again. It is energizing to walk around and see students dining in the Wood Center, walking across Constitution Park between classes, and taking the hike up to or down from MBS. I hear faculty and staff still remarking on this daily and we are three weeks into the semester. The positive energy doesn't seem to be wearing off; it continues to be contagious and rejuvenating!

Alaska Nanooks men's hockey forward Anton Rubtsov, passes the puck past Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. UAF photo by JR Ancheta.

Nanooks Hockey opens preseason with Blue and Gold games Friday and Saturday night

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks hockey team is kicking off its preseason on Sept. 16 and 17 with the annual Blue/Gold Scrimmage games with puck drops at 7:07 p.m. This year, the festivities will return to the Patty Ice Arena on the UAF Troth Yeddha' campus.

Starvation Gulch 2022

Come to one of the biggest
traditions in UAF's history! An event that is nearly 100 years old, Starvation Gulch has served as a ceremony symbolizing the passing of the torch of knowledge from one year to the next. Learn more here.

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Headshot of UAF Chancellor Dan White surrounded by a blue box with gold border and the words Chancellor's Convocation in white text in the blue area next to the chancellor.

Convocation scavenger hunt details are here!

The game will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 19 and will close on Monday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. To be eligible for the prizes all missions in the scavenger hunt have to be completed, and the participant has to be present at Convocation to win. To participate in the scavenger hunt, you will need to download the Goosechase app, available on the AppStore and Google Play, and enter the code J5763J to join the game. Don't forget to fill out a model release so we can share some of the great photos and videos from the scavenger hunt! The prizes available to win include an Alaska Airlines voucher, two UAF parking passes for the 2022-23 academic year, and a membership to the Student Recreation Center for the 2022-23 academic year.

Political Science Talk: Pathway to peace and prosperity or powder keg?

Join Matthew Mitchell for a talk on development strategy and conflict in Northern Quebec. In 2011, the Government of Québec, Canada announced an ambitious 25-year plan to develop the province’s northern region – an area nearly twice the size of France. A centerpiece of the Plan Nord is to integrate the province’s various Indigenous peoples in the sustainable development of the region. However, there are early warning signs of the potential for future conflict as some Indigenous groups mobilized opposition against proposed developments.